Jennifer Roman
Appearances
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
Her family's involvement has been looked at with Turtle Boy. She's been implicated in her involvement with him as well.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
The theory from the defense around Trooper Proctor is that because of this personal relationship that he had with the Alpert family and he knew it was their residence, that he was certainly a large part of planting physical evidence to make it seem like this crime occurred or that something happened outside of the home rather than taking the attention of the responding officers into the home.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
He basically said they were acquaintances, sort of having been in the same law enforcement community, that of course they knew each other, but they weren't really friendly. And Proctor's testimony didn't hold up for long.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
But then there was evidence and testimony that came out that Trooper Proctor's sister was actually very close with one of the Alpert wives, and that there was more of a personal connection than what Trooper Proctor had originally testified to.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
Part and parcel of the defense's theory is that they were so well known that this family would have people who'd want to protect them and not want to rock the boat, so to speak, by challenging what they saw outside, by going into that home, by investigating the home and figuring out what actually happened, that the first responders just said, oh, we've got this.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
that text exchange between Trooper Proctor, who was a lot of the spotlight of this. I mean, the defense really focused a lot on him and definitely had their theory that Proctor planted a lot of the physical evidence that was found at the scene and then ultimately in Kieran Reed's vehicle.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
And Proctor had a text suggesting that the Alberts would be fine, which the defense really hung their hat on, sort of saying that that was suggestive of the fact that Proctor knew something was going on, but no, he was taking care of it because this is the Alberts.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
There's a piece of John O'Keefe's hair on her rear quarter of her car.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
If the jury believes that that physical evidence was there, not because Proctor planted it, but because she actually hit him, then I think you've got a guilty, at least on the motor vehicle, homicide charge.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
If you believe the physical evidence was not planted... by Proctor, that he didn't have the means, the motive, the ability, whatever, then that physical evidence is very compelling. The pieces of the taillight, the pieces of glass.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
John O'Keefe's seen on video security footage leaving the Waterfalls Bar, the last place where they had been drinking before going to the Alpert's home, carrying a glass. That glass is found on the scene crushed by his body.